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seriatim
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[Latin, Severally; separately; individually; one by one.]


seriatim (sear-ee-ah-tim) prep. Latin for "one after another" as in a series. Thus, issues or facts are discussed seriatim (or "ad seriatim") meaning one by one in order.


See also: consecutive

SERIATIM. In a series, severally; as, the judges delivered their opinions seriatim.



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The English judiciary has a tradition of seriatim opinions to decide a case in which each judge offers his or her own opinion.
Three of the four justices who wrote seriatim opinions agreed that in the words of Justice Samuel Chase, "Congress is empowered to declare a general war, or Congress may wage a limited war, limited in place, in objects and in time.
; Howard, supra note 122, at 841 ("However much seriatim opinions may appeal to the democratic spirit, effective leadership of a complex legal bureaucracy via case law hinges upon a clear voice from the top.
 
 
 
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